http://stewartcutler.com/archives/1451 youth work - faith - culture Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:16:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://stewartcutler.com/archives/1451/comment-page-1#comment-2475 David Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:17 +0000 http://stewartcutler.com/?p=1451#comment-2475 Remembering... to those who would forget.. I was at the General Assembly this year when the Forces Chaplains Report was given. They showed a video which was really a series of well taken photos of a vigil for a soldier coming home. I had permission to use this yesterday, which I did, and it is a powerfully moving reminder that while the older guard are fewer in number, that number is being added to on an almost daily basis and our duty is to remember for the sake of families recently bereaved. Those who say that such recent conflicts were 'not in my name' somehow seek to get out of the responsibility for caring for the soldiers sent by parliament. I find that whole attitude deeply upsetting and it just gets me angry. Yes, we most definitely should remember, because the memories are more recent than we'd like to admit. Remembering… to those who would forget.. I was at the General Assembly this year when the Forces Chaplains Report was given. They showed a video which was really a series of well taken photos of a vigil for a soldier coming home. I had permission to use this yesterday, which I did, and it is a powerfully moving reminder that while the older guard are fewer in number, that number is being added to on an almost daily basis and our duty is to remember for the sake of families recently bereaved.
Those who say that such recent conflicts were ‘not in my name’ somehow seek to get out of the responsibility for caring for the soldiers sent by parliament. I find that whole attitude deeply upsetting and it just gets me angry.
Yes, we most definitely should remember, because the memories are more recent than we’d like to admit.

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